Journal
BMC GENOMICS
Volume 18, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-017-3883-3
Keywords
Canis lupus; Evolutionary genomics; Genome; Wolf
Funding
- Carlsbergfondet [CF14-0995]
- Marie Curie [655732-Wherewolf]
- Danish National Research Foundation [DNRF94]
- Lundbeckfonden [R52-5062]
- ERC [681396-Extinction Genomics]
- Swedish Research Council
- FPI (FEDER) [BFU2014-55090-P]
- MINECO (FEDER) [BFU2014-55090-P]
- Fundacio Zoo Barcelona and Secretaria d'Universitats i Recerca del Departament d'Economia i Coneixement de la Generalitat de Catalunya
- European Research Council [ERC-2013-StG-337574-UN-DEAD]
- Natural Environmental Research Council [NE/K005243/1, NE/K003259/1]
- NERC [NE/K005243/1, NE/K003259/1] Funding Source: UKRI
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Background: An increasing number of studies are addressing the evolutionary genomics of dog domestication, principally through resequencing dog, wolf and related canid genomes. There is, however, only one de novo assembled canid genome currently available against which to map such data - that of a boxer dog (Canis lupus familiaris). We generated the first de novo wolf genome (Canis lupus lupus) as an additional choice of reference, and explored what implications may arise when previously published dog and wolf resequencing data are remapped to this reference. Results: Reassuringly, we find that regardless of the reference genome choice, most evolutionary genomic analyses yield qualitatively similar results, including those exploring the structure between the wolves and dogs using admixture and principal component analysis. However, we do observe differences in the genomic coverage of re-mapped samples, the number of variants discovered, and heterozygosity estimates of the samples. Conclusion: In conclusion, the choice of reference is dictated by the aims of the study being undertaken; if the study focuses on the differences between the different dog breeds or the fine structure among dogs, then using the boxer reference genome is appropriate, but if the aim of the study is to look at the variation within wolves and their relationships to dogs, then there are clear benefits to using the de novo assembled wolf reference genome.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available